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an attraction of tho first rank.
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Tho theatres wore closed this week with
tho oxception of Tuesday night when tho
Philharmonic orchestra gave a concert at
the Punke. Tho tail end of tho season is
iRapproaching and both theatres are receiving
notices of cancellation of dates. Davo Hcnder-
' V son. of tho Chicaco opera house, says mis is tuo
most disastrous theatrical season in many years.
A crrnt manv immnanies have trono to tho wall, ho says, and none
of the managers have ventured to bring out any expensive produc
tions. This is probably all true, but taking everything into con
sideration Lincoln has not much to complain of. The Lansing and
the Punko have made every effort to secure good attractions, and if
a number of inferior shows have failed to materialize, tho better
class of companies that have appeared hero compare favorably, both
as to quantity and quality, with the record of previous years. And
some of tho best things are yet to come.
People must bear in mind that Manager Zehrung, of tho Funko,
or tho management of tho Lansing, are not responsible for the non
appearance in Lincoln of Abbey & Grau's grand opera company or
such stars as Beerbohm Tree and Wilson Barrett, and they should
not be blamed therefor. It is not their fault that Lincoln is not
as largo as Omaha or Kansas City or Chicago. Attractions of this
sort cannot bo lured into a ouo-night stand in a city the size of Lin
coln, especially if tho city happens to be remote. The local theatres
are after everything good they can get on anything like reasonable
termB, and despite tho criticism that is constantly bestowed upon
them they are doing tho best they can.
Manager Ed. Church isto bo congratulated on being able to keep
his "Faust" company on the road all winter. It has been a very
bad season, and the country is overrun with "Faust" companies;
yet the Lincoln company has held its own, and in 6omo places it
made considerable money.
Mr. John Griffith and his company drew a good crowd yesterday
afternoon to tho Ilagan, where they are giving a very handsome pro
duction of Faust. St. Louis Globe Democrat.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
"The Lost Paradise," Henry C. Do Mille's most succissful play,
will be presented at the Lansing theatre, Friday, March 22, under
the direction of Gustavo Frohman. William Morris, tho talented
young actor, will be seen in the leading rolo, and the supporting
company is said to bo a very strong combination. "The Lost Para
dise" is somewhat more stirring than most of tho plays with which
tho Frohmans have associated themselves, assuming at time melo
dramatic form. Interest turns on a strike in a large foundry, and
the excitement of a labor demonstration is cleverly mingled with
the traditional society drama scenes. The play abounds in strong
Miss Ellen Beach Yaw, who is accounted tho most remarkable
soprano the world has ever known, is a California girl. She has a
compass of voice greater than any soprano recorded by history, ex
tending from G below tho treblo staff to E in the altissimo, a rango
off nearly four octaves. Tho nearest approach to it known to tho
world, being mentioned by Mozart, does not come within four notes
of Mies Yaw's highest and lowest notes. For three years Miss Yaw
had tho mopt careful training under tho instruction of Mine. Theo
Bjorksten of Now York, who realizeu tho wonderful possibilities of
her voice. Afterward this excellent teacher took her to Paris and
placed her under the instruction of Del lie Sedio and Bax sho was
heralded abroad a? the phenomenon of tbe times. The critics raved
about her, as indeed did the famous Nilsson in Paris and many
others. When Miss Yaw sang before the great Nilsson, tho prima
donna could not believe Miss Yaw had really sung so high until sho
had touched the corresponding key on the piano the B above high
C beyond human comprehension; it was so pure and birdlike and so
rare in quality the ear instinctively discredited its senses. Miss
Yaw will bo at the Funke opera house, Thursday, March 21st.
Seats on sale at Zehrung's drug store, Monday, March 18th.
TRIfoBY" THE PLAY A SUCCESS.
"Trilby," dramatized by Paul M. Potter, was presented Monday
night for the first timo on a stage at the Park theatre in Boston by
A. M. Palmer's company. Mr. Potter's version of Du Maurier's story
shows how the girl falls under the hypnotic influence of Svciigoli
and, act by act, how his power over her increases until no complete
ly dominates her. Mr. Potter has departed from the original story
to bring to the front the hypnotic influence exerted upon Trilby by
ScemjaU, making tho love episode between Little Billie and Trilby
secondary. In tho make-up all the leading characters follow close
ly Du Maurier's sketches, and Miss Virginia Harned in tho titlo rolo
won much applause from tho Boston audience.
WHO WON?
Threo students of tho Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Marseilles, were
talking in a cafe. "My dear fellow," said one, "I painted the other
day a littlo piece of pine wood in imitation of marble so perfectly
that it sank to the bottom of the water."
"Pooh !"' said another, "yesterday I suspended my thermometer on
the easel that holds my 'View of tho Polar Regions.' It foil at onco
to twenty degress below zero."
"That's nothing," said the last. "My portrait of the marquis is so
life-like that it has tc bo shaved twice a week."
UNIVERSITY IN HARD LUGK.
Some valuable books consigned to tho state university went down
with tho steamship Elbe, while another steamer containing scientific
books from Germany for the university was struck by "a mighty
wave" and tho compartment in which these books were stored was
p in ashed in and tho books lost. Several reports were sent to tho
university and each one speaks of "tho mighty wave" that forced
its way into the boat.
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